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16 hours ago · The new laws, in force since July 1, expand police powers on pre-trial detention of an accused and introduce the death penalty for gang-rape of women aged under 18, among other provisions.
4 hours ago · The new criminal laws replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, and came into effect last week. Here are the key new provisions: * Court have to issue rulings within 45 days of completion of arguments, unlike earlier when no such time period was defined and led to prolonging ...
6 hours ago · * The maximum punishment - the death penalty - has been prescribed for offences such as gang rape of a woman aged under 18 and mob lynching. * The government says sedition clauses have been abolished but a new clause punishing "acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India" has been created, which critics call a rehash of the ...
16 hours ago · After becoming the district attorney for San Francisco, Harris caused controversy by refusing to pursue the death penalty against the murderer of a city police officer in 2004. Despite the political difficulties this caused her, Harris oversaw an increased conviction rate in San Francisco between 2004 and 2007, from 52% to 67%.
16 hours ago · Sixty-one people were killed here between January and June, with most victims shot to death. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police has investigated more homicides in the first six months of 2024 than in ...
7 hours ago · A special court had on November 25 last year awarded two life terms to Kapoor, Shukla, Malik and Kumar under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 3(1)(i) (committing organised crime resulting in the death of any person) of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
16 hours ago · Each gives Quinn an opportunity to comment on some aspect of the decade — from the development of the birth control pill, to organized crime corrupting the D.C. police force, to the demise of a ...
